Repeating Azimuth

[Springfield]

Just out of curiosity: have any of you noticed a recurring azimuth of 337° when you plot the lines connecting the carvings, manipulated trees, landmarks, etc. that you have located in the field?

 

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[kiddrock33]

330 does

 

[Old Dog]

330 degrees for me as well.
33 degrees and 120 degrees run a close second and third.

Thom

 

[rangler]

ditto Thoms
except for 90 in the Phils as this was the direction of the rising sun battle flag!

 

[Robby Comstock]

I have not heard of this term before. What information do you guys have that you could share?

 

[stevesno]

The site that we are working 220 is prevalent....Steve

 

[Kentucky Kache]

I have not heard of this term before. What information do you guys have that you could share?

Azimuth is the directional line, or angle, of a compass.

 

[rangler]

This might be under the category of obscure factoid, but I read somewhere that
different groups of Jesuits had a 'number' like there crew nickname, as it were.

and that any compass headings would be reduced/added by that number to get the real
azimuth - like the Steveno is working with the 220 number, perhaps his group
nick is 100?(which would be the letter "C" by the way.. And Springfield's is 'off' by
"7" perhaps his crew was number 7!

it is admittedly a long shot - but hey no stone unturned - is what I say..
auferiously
rangler

 

[VICTORIO]

337, 330,33, 90 in Phils, 220


What is it I have been missing. Please someone please explain this.

 

[Old Dog]

Springfield,

do you think that drift may have something to do with the 7 degree variance?

To all...
when looking at the angles created by actual signs the azimuth can be found by figuring the angle from one sign to the next using (of all things)
a compass. if a variant angle was used rather than the recurring 120, 330, 0r 33 degrees
a sign was usually used to show that variant angle.

Many of these signs are still used as survey symbols still today.

Thom

 

[Springfield]

This might be under the category of obscure factoid, but I read somewhere that
different groups of Jesuits had a 'number' like there crew nickname, as it were.

and that any compass headings would be reduced/added by that number to get the real
azimuth - like the Steveno is working with the 220 number, perhaps his group
nick is 100?(which would be the letter "C" by the way.. And Springfield's is 'off' by
"7" perhaps his crew was number 7!

it is admittedly a long shot - but hey no stone unturned - is what I say..
auferiously
rangler

Actually, I've had a similar idea about this, rangler. 'Cardinal' angles are what one might expect to find with a geometric layout - a series of carvings and other clues fitting some sort of geometric pattern using 0°, 30°, 45°, 90°, etc., and mutilples of these angles for the clues' relative locations to eachother. However, a repeating 'odd' offset angle, such as 7° in this case (337° =N23°W) might be a critical key, related to some specific secret applied to this particular site. My working model is that if you know the 'secret' to the pattern of clues, solving the target is probably relatively easy. If you don't know the key, you'll never solve it no matter how many clues you locate. Just thinking out loud here.

23 is a weird number for other reasons, but that's another story.